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Tax advisors say you should not skip filing if you cannot pay the taxes you owe because if you skip filing, you'll have to pay a penalty for failing to file in addition to failing to pay the tax owed.
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On to the news on the NCAA March Madness, Filipina Kele Padilla brings the University of Southern California to its first Elite Eight since 1994.
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Kele Padilla has helped the USC Trojans advance to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Women's Tournament.
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After a 74-70 win over Baylor on Saturday, USC has reached this level in the competition.
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The five-year senior scored eight points with four rebounds and three assists.
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USC will face Connecticut on Monday night with a chance to advance to the Final Four.
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Padilla is a Southern California native transferred to USC this season after spending four years at the University of Pennsylvania where she was among the top Ivy League scorers.
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The sharp shooting guard has been averaging 10 points per game in the first four rounds of the NCAA Women's Tournament.
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And finally in entertainment news, we get to know...
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Kalaokan-born rapper Zay, who's talking about making Filipina empowerment songs that are now on Hollywood TV shows.
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Zay Zacarias, Zay to her fans, is passionate about Filipina female empowerment and its shows in her art.
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Her songs, which she independently releases on online platforms, have caught the attention of Hollywood music supervisors.
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The 23-year-old rapper from Kalaokan talks about her song that made it to Theo James' Netflix hit series, The Gentleman.
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We received an email and I was like, The Gentleman? For real?
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I was just waiting for the confirmation.
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Kasi it's a big deal, it's a huge opportunity for Filipino music, para ma-feature sa isang international show.
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Zay writes and performs to express her perspective as a young Filipina who owns her power,
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generational trauma, gender inequality, and patriarchal background.
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Kasi it's a big deal, it's a huge opportunity for Filipino music, para ma-feature sa isang international show.
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Kasi it's a big deal, it's a huge opportunity for Filipino music, generational trauma, gender inequality, and patriarchal background.
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This is your TFC News Now.
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We begin with Ilocos Governor Matthew Marcos Manotok,
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visiting Los Angeles and Honolulu to woo investors to his Philippine province.
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Governor Matthew Manotok's trip to Hawaiian, California comes
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as he seeks to shore up economic development in his province.
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I really wanted to connect with all of our Ilocanos here
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and invite them back home for tourism, for investment.
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And to partner with them because ultimately we know that we need our balikbayans to come back home
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and we need all the help we can get and share their knowledge, their experience, their resources
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to give back and to do so in a more sustainable way for something more long term
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with the end goal of course of helping people with livelihoods and jobs.
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The Filipino Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii invited Manotok,
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to meet with potential investors.
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The group held its annual trade mission trip to the Philippines last month.
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Hopefully everything will go well and that we can start to do business in the Philippines and invest in the Philippines.
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Manotok also spoke before the Hawaii Philippines Sister Provinces Business Symposium.
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Let's go to British Columbia in Canada where the multicultural helping house society
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is being urged to be more present for Filipino migrants.
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The multicultural helping house society once held the promise of being a haven for many
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Filipino caregivers and temporary foreign workers when it opened in 2011.
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Allegations of mismanagement, financial irregularities and the exploitation of caregivers were made
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against its founder, Tomas Tatay Tom Avendano in 2019.
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Not much has been heard of from the MHHS since then.
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But Filipino-Canadian groups are now urging the MHHS to be more visible again to migrant workers.
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You are a publicly funded institution, you have a service and a mandate and you're helping out and that's great.
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After its past controversies, the MHHS now has a new board led by Filipino-Canadian Janet Tevez.
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Tevez said the facility still offers respite to caregivers with no place to stay.
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It also has a space where seniors can gather.
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And finally, good news for those in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, Philippine Airlines is set to launch the Manila-Seattle route in October of 2024.
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Philippine Airlines is the first carrier to link the Philippines and the U.S. Pacific Northwest with non-stop flights between Manila and Seattle beginning October 2, 2024.
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Washington State is home to the country's DOJ.
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Washington State is home to the country's DOJ.
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Washington State is home to the country's DOJ.
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With discussions of this report, Pal is whopping days to open Franklin's airport in the next 12 months,
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plus next Thursday, for more of the
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To promote the new Manila-Seattle service, Pal is offering a special introductory all-in roundtrip fare at $771 for economy class and $3071 for business class.
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Pal is offering a special introductory all-in roundtrip fare at $771 for economy class and $3071 for business class.
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Pal is offering a special introductory all-in roundtrip fare at $771 for economy class and $3071 for business class.
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Pal is offering a special introductory all-in roundtrip fare at $771 for economy class and $3071 for business class.
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Pal is offering a special introductory all-in roundtrip fare at $771 for economy class and $3071 for business class.
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The introductory fair is available until April 30 and for travel from October 2 to November 30, 2024, as well as from February 2 to March 22, 2025.
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And those are the newsmaking headlines today.
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You can catch more TFC News on the ABS-CBN News website, YouTube channel, and app.
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I'm Henny Espinosa. Stay with us, Kapamilya.
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I'm Henny Espinosa and this is your TFC News Now.
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Migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border continue night and day, despite placements of barriers, a wall, and National Guard troops.
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A Court of Appeals judge is scheduled to hear arguments on Wednesday
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and decide if Texas Senate Bill 4 violates the U.S. Constitution.
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SB 4 would authorize police to arrest and detain migrants suspected of illegally crossing the border from Mexico.
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America is always welcoming to those people who want to go here for a quote-unquote American dream.
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But you need to do and you need to follow the law.
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Joseph Modesto, a Filipino who lives in the border town of Brownsville, Texas, says
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he's personally seen the desperate situation of some of the migrants crossing the U.S. Constitution.
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One time I crossed the border and I saw tons of people just lying on the floor
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and you can really, so concerned about them because I don't know how are they going to live like that, that kind of situation.
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Meanwhile, according to Associated Press' NORC poll conducted in March,
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64% of overall responders, including 54% of Democrats, say
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they favor hiring more Border Patrol agents as migrant surges persist at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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In other news, Filipino-Japanese-American Will Ayrton has stepped up to the plate
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to become baseball superstar Shohei Otani's new interpreter.
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In the wake of illegal betting and accusations of massive theft
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by Otani's forefathers,
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the former interpreter, Ipe Mizuhara,
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considered as an elite two-way player,
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Otani, a two-time American League Most Valuable Player,
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is the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher and designated hitter.
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The 35-year-old Ayrton, on the other hand,
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has been a Dodgers employee for nine consecutive seasons in various roles.
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The Tokyo-born Ayrton is a Japanese-American father and a Filipino mother.
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His family moved to Hawaii when he was 15,
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where he played baseball in high school.
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He also played for the Philippines in the country's bid to qualify
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for the 2012 World Baseball Classic.
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Still in sports, Filipino-American saber fencer Mitchell Saran
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is gearing up to represent the United States
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at his first-ever Olympic Games this summer in Paris, France.
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USA Fencing confirmed his qualification
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for both the men's saber individual and team categories
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at the 2024 Paris Olympics,
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pending final approval,
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by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committees.
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The 23-year-old Harvard University fencer
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started fencing at the age of 9
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in his hometown of Richwood, New Jersey.
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Saran has won international and national fencing tournaments,
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including the team gold medal at the Men's Saber World Cup in Budapest in March.
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On his Instagram page, Saran said,
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his journey has been nothing short of incredible
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and that it's a dream come true for him to represent his country
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on such a big stage.
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And those are the news-making headlines today.
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You can catch more TFC News on the ABS-CBN News website,
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YouTube channel, and app.
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I'm Henia Espinosa. Stay with us, Kapamedia.
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I'm Henia Espinosa and this is your TFC News Now.
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We begin with former U.S. President
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and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump
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touting the largest deportation of migrants in American history
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at a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, recently.
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They're sending prisoners, murderers, drug dealers,
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mental patients, terrorists.
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The worst of every country is coming into our country now.
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Trump says with the people's vote,
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he will seal the border and stop the so-called invasion of migrants.
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If your constitutional rights have been violated,
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we will defend you.
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If you have illegal aliens invading your home,
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we will deport you.
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We will not allow your homes to be taken from you
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in any way, shape, or form.
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We will stop the plunder, rape, slaughter, and destruction
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of our American suburbs, cities, and towns.
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And we will end deadly sanctuary cities.
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We're going to end them.
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Still on immigration,
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people continued to attempt to cross the U.S.-Mexico border,
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but were stopped and sent away.
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They were sent back to a dry riverbed
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where migrants gathered around the fires by the National Guard.
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This, as the Texas state attorneys
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confronted Biden administration lawyers
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in a federal appeals court over Senate Bill 4 recently.
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The controversial Republican-backed law
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would let state authorities arrest and prosecute people
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suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
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This law is currently on hold
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as it faces scrutiny over its constitutionality,
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concerning the authority it grants to local judges
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to order migrants back to Mexico
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regardless of nationality.
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Filipino nurse Camila Comilang
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lives in the border town of Brownsville, Texas.
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She says she has strong opinions about immigration
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that she keeps to herself.
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Her focus is her job.
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My duty is to provide quality health care
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regardless of your race, your gender,
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your age, your religion.
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So, I find fulfillment in my role as a health care provider.
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Comilang says she sees firsthand what people in her town need.
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So, she does what she can to help out,
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like providing free medical care at a local shelter.
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And finally, in entertainment news,
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with over 3,500 performances,
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the musical Aladdin recently celebrated its 10th year
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since it opened on Broadway in 2014.
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Filipino don Daryl Rivera plays the role of Yago,
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Jafar's famous sidekick.
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Performing eight times a week has become a way of life
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for the Seattle, Washington native.
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It feels really incredible.
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I mean, to see a show like that thrive on Broadway
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is really spectacular.
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Rivera talks about the most challenging aspect
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of being an actor.
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The occasional reminder that we're all different,
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and not necessarily in a good way,
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I occasionally forget.
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I'm like, oh yeah, I am Filipino, right?
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Because everyone has been so welcoming,
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but every so often there's a couple moments here and there
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where I have to overcome that and represent stronger
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and be prouder about it.
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Broadway's Aladdin is performed daily
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in New York's New Amsterdam Theatre.
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And those are the news-making headlines today.
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You can catch more TFC News on the ABS-CBN News website,
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YouTube channel, and app.
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I'm Henia Espinosa.
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Stay with us, Kapamilya.
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We'll be right back.
